Hosea 12:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore, turn to your God: keep mercy and justice, and wait on your God continually.

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  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
  • Hos 6:1-3 : 1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days he will revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his presence. 3 Then shall we know, if we pursue to know the LORD: his coming is as certain as the morning; and he will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth.
  • Hos 14:1 : 1 O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity.
  • Joel 2:13 : 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and he repents of the evil.
  • Zech 7:9 : 9 Thus says the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother:
  • Zech 8:16 : 16 These are the things that you shall do; Speak every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
  • Acts 2:38 : 38 Then Peter said to them, 'Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  • Acts 26:20 : 20 But showed first to those of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works fitting for repentance.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
  • Amos 5:24 : 24 But let judgment run down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
  • Hos 10:12 : 12 Sow for yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
  • Mic 7:7 : 7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
  • Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie: though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
  • Zeph 3:8 : 8 Therefore wait for me, says the LORD, until the day that I rise up for the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them my indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
  • Zech 1:3 : 3 Therefore say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn to Me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Gen 49:18 : 18 I have waited for your salvation, O LORD.
  • Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the LORD.
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
  • Ps 123:2 : 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, until he has mercy upon us.
  • Ps 130:5-7 : 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word do I hope. 6 My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning; yes, more than those who watch for the morning. 7 Let Israel hope in the LORD, for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is abundant redemption.
  • Prov 1:23 : 23 Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.
  • Prov 21:3 : 3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
  • Isa 1:16 : 16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Isa 8:17 : 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, who hides His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for Him.
  • Isa 31:6 : 6 Turn to Him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
  • Isa 40:31 : 31 But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Isa 58:6 : 6 Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
  • Jer 3:14-22 : 14 Turn, O backsliding children, says the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you, one from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 15 And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. 16 And it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says the LORD, they shall no longer say, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done anymore. 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk anymore after the imagination of their evil heart. 18 In those days, the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance to your fathers. 19 But I said, How shall I put you among the children and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? And I said, You shall call me, My Father; and shall not turn away from me. 20 Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, says the LORD. 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God. 22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God.
  • Jer 22:15 : 15 Shall you reign, because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
  • Lam 3:25-26 : 25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. 26 It is good that one should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
  • Lam 3:39-41 : 39 Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40 Let us search and examine our ways and turn back to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our heart along with our hands to God in the heavens.
  • Hos 4:1 : 1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel, for the LORD has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
  • Isa 30:18 : 18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all those who wait for him.

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  • Isa 30:18
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    18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all those who wait for him.

  • Isa 31:6
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    6 Turn to Him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

  • Mic 6:8
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    8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

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    12 Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.

    13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and he repents of the evil.

  • Hos 14:1
    72%

    1 O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity.

  • Isa 55:6-7
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    6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.

    7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  • 1 Chr 16:11-12
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    11 Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually.

    12 Remember his marvelous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

  • Lam 3:40
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    40 Let us search and examine our ways and turn back to the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 30:9
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    9 For if you turn again to the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before those that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away His face from you, if you return to Him.

  • Ps 25:6
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    6 Remember, O LORD, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses, for they have been from of old.

  • Job 35:14
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    14 Although you say you shall not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust in him.

  • Isa 33:2
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    2 O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you. Be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

  • Deut 11:1
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    1 Therefore, you shall love the LORD your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always.

  • Hos 12:7
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    7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.

  • Hos 12:5
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    5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is His memorial.

  • Lam 5:21
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    21 Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we shall be restored; renew our days as of old.

  • Deut 4:30
    71%

    30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the LORD your God, and be obedient to his voice;

  • Ps 123:2
    71%

    2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, until he has mercy upon us.

  • Ps 62:12
    71%

    12 Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; for You render to every man according to his work.

  • Isa 1:17
    70%

    17 Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

  • Ps 61:7
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    7 He shall abide before God forever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

  • Ps 86:15-16
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    15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plentiful in mercy and truth.

    16 Turn to me, and have mercy upon me; give Your strength to Your servant, and save the son of Your maidservant.

  • Ps 25:16
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    16 Turn to me and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.

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    16 Hear me, O LORD, for your lovingkindness is good; turn to me according to the multitude of your tender mercies.

  • Jer 26:13
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    13 Therefore now amend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will relent of the evil that he has pronounced against you.

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    22 Do not say, I will recompense evil; wait on the LORD, and He shall save you.

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    11 Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O LORD: let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.

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    6 Is not this your fear, your confidence, your hope, and the integrity of your ways?

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    7 And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in you.

  • Hos 6:1
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    1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us, and he will bind us up.

  • Ps 90:13
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    13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent you concerning your servants.

  • Jer 7:5
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    5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;

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    21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on You.

  • Ps 116:5
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    5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.

  • Mic 7:7
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    7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  • Zeph 1:6
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    6 And those that have turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for Him.

  • Lam 3:25
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    25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

  • Jonah 2:8
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    8 Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own mercy.

  • Ps 37:6
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    6 And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

  • Mic 7:18
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    18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.

  • Jer 12:1
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    1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously?

  • 2 Chr 6:42
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    42 O LORD God, do not turn away the face of your anointed: remember the mercies of David your servant.

  • Hos 10:12
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    12 Sow for yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

  • Zech 1:3
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    3 Therefore say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn to Me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the LORD of hosts.

  • Amos 4:12
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    12 Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.

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    7 You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,